noun:

• water to add to packaged noodles (provided in a separate packet); softening water [literal]; loosening water [literal] ➜ 解す【ほぐす】

noun:

• immunity; immunization; immunisation
• being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

noun:

• WARM BIZ (Japanese government campaign encouraging companies to set their heater thermostats to 20 degrees Celsius over the winter) ➜ クールビズ

expression / adjective:

• not be concerned about at all; not mind about at all; not care a bit ➜ 気になる

expression / adjective:

• not be concerned about at all; not mind about at all; not care a bit ➜ 気になる

expression / adjective:

• not be concerned about at all; not mind about at all; not care a bit ➜ 気になる

expression / adjective:

• not be concerned about at all; not mind about at all; not care a bit ➜ 気になる

noun:

• brokering; broker - abbreviation
• handing materials up a ladder (to a plasterer); assistant who hands things up a ladder (to a plasterer)
• pole used to hand things up a ladder ➜ 才取り棒

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

noun / ~する noun:

• overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel)

noun:

• store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

noun / ~する noun:

• insertion; letter drop
• things sent to a prisoner
• supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

noun / ~する noun:

• preaching down; breaking down somebody's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith) - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• Parsee; Parsi (adherent of Zoroastrianism, esp. descendants of those who fled to India to escape persecution in Persia)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to accurately guess what subjects will turn up on a test; to have one's predictions turn out correct

noun:

• children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards ➜ 押しくらまんじゅう

noun:

• children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards - abbreviation ➜ 押し競べ

expression:

• it's not a problem; it's not a big deal; (person or thing) can be easily beaten or bettered (by one) ➜ 目じゃない

noun:

• whereabouts; place; location
• place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

expression:

• fuck you!; don't fuck with me!; don't fuck around!; don't be a screw off! - vulgar ➜ ふざけんなよ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hang; to hang up

particle:

• for (in regard to); in order to ➜ に・は

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to look old; to get old